Telephone attachment.



. D. W. LEPPERT. TELEPHONE ATTACHMENT. APPLICATION FILED mm, 1911.

Patented Oct; 29, 1912.

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1). W. LBPPERT.

TELEPHONE ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 5, 1911.

1,042,933. Patented Oct. 29,1912

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DORRENCE WILLIAM LEPPERT, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

TELEPHONE ATTACHMENT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

- ratented Oct. 29,1912.

Application filed May 5, 1911. Serial No. 625,142.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DORRENCE W. LEF- PERT, a citizen of the'United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the county and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Telephone Attachment, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to a new and improved attachment adapted to be secured to' a telephone instrument, so that astrip of writing material, such as paper, can be unrolled, and any conversation coming over the telephone taken down.

An object of this invention is to provide a simple device adapted to be supported on the telephone instrument, which in turn supports .a roll of paper in such a position that it can be drawn up over a support ng surface, so that messages 'of any length can be written on the paper, and when finished, can

be cut from the body of the paper by a sim ple twist, bringing the paper in engagement with the serrated edge of the support.

A further object of this invention is to provide a memory tablet attachment for a telephone instrument, which can be readily detached, which will be simple in construction, inexpensive to manufacture, strong and durable, and which will guide the paper in a simple and convenient man- These and further objects, together with the construction and combination of parts,

will be more fully described hereinafter and v particularly set forth in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanymg drawings forming a part of this specification, 1n WlllCll similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the vlews, and in wh1ch- Figure 1 is a perspective view showing my device attached to a telephone instrument; Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section; Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the attachment detached from the telephone instrument; Fig. i is a fragmentary vertical transverse sec tion; and Fig. 5.is a section on the line 5 5 of Fig. 3.

Referring more particularly to the scparate parts of this invention as embodied in the form shown in the drawings, 1 indicates my attachment, which is adapted to be secured to the standard of a telephone instrument, indicated at 2. The attachment lnoludes a supporting platen 3, which is adapted to form a smooth surface for a strip of paper, indicated at 4-. The sides 5 end, so as to permit the paper to readily pass over the same, and is provided at its upper end,-'as will be seen by reference to Fig. 3, with a serrated edge indicated at 7-, so that a strip of the paper on. which the notes have been made can be readily severed from the body portion thereof.

The supporting platen 3 is secured on the standard 2 by'a: detachable bracket 8, which may be of any suitable form, but in this instance is shown in thcform of a member bent from a single strip of wire.' The bracket 8, as shown, is provided with a loop 9, circular in form to engage the cylindrical stzmdard 2, and from one side of which extends parallel legs 10. In order to get the necessary leverage or foothold to get a firm grasp on the standard 2, the loop 9 is corru gated or zig-zagged up and down, as is clearly illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2. The platen 3 is provided with a plurality of apertures 11 and12, in which the legs 10 can be detachably inserted to secure the platen t0 the bracket; as shown in the drawings, the apertures 11, 12, are opposite each other and in alincmcnt, such relativelposition of the parts, however, being capable of modification in order to adapt it to different users. As will be seen by reference to Fig. 1, these legs are provided with a dip intermediate their ends, so that they can pass tl'irough the aperture ll under the platen 3, and up through the apprturc 12. The outer ends of the legs 10 are formed with extending lugs 13, so that they can grip the upper side of the 1 latcn 3 and form a secure connection. The metal of the platen 3 may be rabbcted at this point, so that the lugs '12) will not project too far above the surface of the platen n It is to be noted that the bracket 8 is made of springy material, so that the legs 10 tend 30' of the reel 14.

35 enter at these points, and yet maintain the to normally spring away from each other, can be readily attached to and (le 'ltlllCCl from I and yet are confined by the limits of the a telephone instrument, and which will be apertures 11 and 12, so thatwhen once in readily accessible and convenient to use. pos t-iomthe bracket 8 will firmly grip the lVhile I have shown one embodiment of standard 2. my invention, I do not wish to be limited The paper t-is preferablysupported on a to the'specilic details thereof, but desire reel 14, located subja'cent the platen 3, adjato be protected in various changes, alteracent the lower end thereof where the platen tions and modifications which may come 3 curves upwardly to form the convex above within the scope of the appended claims. 10 mentioned. The reel 14. may be supported Having thus described my invention, I in any well ltnown manner on the platen 3, claim as new and desire to secure by Letters but preferably is held in position by a holder Patent l 15. The holder not onlysupports the l. The combination with a suitable platen, reel 14t, but also engages the top of the strip a holder connected thereto and to the under 15 of paper passing over the platen, adjacent side thereof, the holder comprising a bar the upper end of the support, so as to secure extending transversely of the platen and the strip of paper in its stretched position above it, reaches connected to the bar, each over the platen, Without wrinkles. In this ofthe reaches comprising a loop, means positioned in the loops for rotatably holding instance, the holder 15 is shown as being somewhat U-shaped, with a cross bar 16 exa roll of paper, the paper passing over the 85 tending above the platen, and sides, 17 eX- top of the platen and beneath the har,thc tending below the platen, the ends of the weight of the paper and the holder mainsides being turned over to form stub shafts tainin the said bar in contact with the top 18,; which are pivotally mounted on the side 0 the paper on the platen.

platen 3, as by engaging in depressed loops 2. The combination with a platen of a 90 19 stamped outof the body of the platen. holder pivotally mounted on one end and The sides 17 comprise two angularly-disadjacent the under side thereof and freely I posed reaches 20'and 21, connected by a loo engaging the said platen at its opposite end 22 ,ovl1'ich forms a bearing for the shaft 23 and upper side, the said holder being provided with means for supporting paper 5 holding means adjacent one end of the said platen and beneath the same, the paper extending u) over the platen and beneath a portion 0 the holder whereby it is positioned on the platen.

sides 17 thereof beneath the platen. It will 3 The combination with a platen having be' seen from this that the Weight of the a convex end andloops adjacent the said holder 15 and the reel lt, will normally end, of a holder having one end of each side tend to bring the bar 16 in intimate contact thereof pivotally engaging in the'said loops,

40 With the paper 4, and thus hold it securely the other end of the holder comprising a 05 in position. cross-bar, the said cross-bar lying adjacent The utility of the device will be readily the opposite end of the platen and above the understood when taken in connection with same, the holder being provided with means the above description. The device is adfor supporting paper holding means beneath justed in the osi-tion.indica.ted in F ig, l, the-platen, the said paper passing over the 110 With a strip of the paper ,over the platen 3, platen and beneath the said cross-bar, the so that When a conversation is had over the weight of the roll of paper maintaining the telephone, notes, or even the whole convercross bar in'engagement with the paper on sation, can be transcribed onto the sheet of theplaten. v

paper at. It is n]ll1t1t0ii;ll how long the 4. The combination of a suitable platii th s J conversation is, as the strip of paper can having a portion removed at each side themebe continually adjusted so as to bring sucof adjacent one end in order to form notches; cessive portions thereof over the platen 3, with a holder comprising a cross bar and" iving a sheet of any desired length. When sides, one end of each side being pivotalls time notes have been finished, the portion of engaged 'with theplaten, the cross bar lythe sheet written upon can be severed from ing on top of the platen, opposite portions the body thereof by a slight downward of the holder engaging in the said notches,

movement-, causing the serrated or toothed the holder being provided with means for edge 7 to cut the-papcnas indicated in Fig. stipportingjLpaper holding means, whereby 0 l. The very act of removing the portion the Wei htof the paper when supported by 12 wr tten upon brings a fresh surface above the ho der will maintain the cross bar .t- -tc platen 3, ready for a subsequent memclosely adjacent the top of the platen.

-- orandum. 5. The combination of a suitable platen It will be seen that there is thus prohaving a convex'lower end and a serrated '65 vided a simple and eflicient device, which upper cnd,opposite side portions of the In order that the holder may come in close juxtaposition to the paper t, the sides 5 of the platen 3 are cut away at 24 thereby forming notcl1es, to' permit the holder to platen being cut away adjacent the upper end thereby forming notches, loops carried by the platen adjacent the convex end, a holder comprlsing an intermediate crossbar and angularly-disposed reaches, one end of each reach being engaged in the said loops, an intermediate portion of each reach providing a bearing for holding a suitable reel of paper, the said cross-bar lying on top of the platen with a portion of each reach adjacent the cross bar engaging in the said notches whereby the holder is maintained in position on the platen with the cross bar in engagen'lent with the paper passing thereover.

(3. The combination of a platen having its intermediate portion depressed, the lower end of the platen being convexly curved, the upper end of the platen and at opposite sides thereof being removed for a suitable distance thereby forming notches, a holder l I I; t

comprising an intermediate cross-bar, reaches extending from each end of the cross-bar, one end of each reach being pivotally supported adjacent the convex end'of the platen, each of the reaches suitably supporting a roll of paper beneath the platen, the said cross-bar extending across the top ot'the platen with the paper from the roll passing through the depressed intermediate portion of the platen, the cross-bar resting on the said paper, the upper ends of the said reaches being positioned in the said notches whereby the relation of the holder with respect to the platen maintained.

in testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

DORRENUE WILLIAM LEPPER'I. lVitnesses JouN J. Frr'rnu, ALVIN W. S'rou'e. 

